Mellons Bay School - March 23, 2009
The ICT Cluster Sharing and Collaborating with Web2 tools

Facilitator	Hot Issues	Web2 Tool	Example or Link
Lenva	1. How can Key Competencies drive the learning?	Voicethread	Key Competencies Voicethread
Linda	2. I only have one computer in the classroom, how do I integrate it into my programme?	Blog	http://bucklandsbpd.blogspot.com/
Keith	3. I just don’t feel confident enough to do ICT with my students, what can I do? Interesting thoughts where we created two videos using the camera on board the computer (A digital still camera on video could achieve the same) and uploaded them to youtube. From here they could be embedded into a wiki, blog or ePortfolio or simply given the address to open eg: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQgCvSXIsK4	Youtube
Jill	4. How do I fit it all in?	Comic Life
Carole	5. I am only timetabled once a week into the computer lab/suite, how do I help my students learn with ICT?	Etherpad
Ian	6. How do I manage student engagement and keep it going?	Capzles	Capzle
Hadleigh	7. I don’t hold the ICT budget, how do I get the ICT tools	Google Docs
Julie/Hazel	8. When do Blogs and wikis work best?	Wiki
Douglas	9. I can integrate ICT in topic but how do I do it in Reading and other curriculum areas?	Google Docs	Group's Outcome

When do Blogs and wikis work best?

Wikis

Plus	Minus	Interesting
collaborative tools for publishing easy to navigate instrumental tool for teachers to help students to learn e.g. writing process instant create own resources ownership Digital Learning Centres 24/7 open/protected problem solving cooperative constructivist	not all people have access to internet inappropriate material risk* edited inappropriately *(boundaries) security*

Blogs

Plus	Minus	Interesting
discussion sharing reading and writing literacy or numeracy focus for other people and with other people journal	linear higher maintenance *